1Then the Lord said to me: “Even if # Ps 99:6; Ezk 14:14 Moses and # Ex 32:11-14; Ps 106:23 Samuel should # 1Sm 7:9; 12:23 stand before Me, # Jr 15:19; 35:19 My compassions would not reach out to these people. Send them from My presence, and let them go. # Ex 6:1; 8:2; 9:2; 10:27; Jr 50:332If they ask you, ‘Where will we go?’ you must tell them: This is what the Lord says:

3“I will ordain four kinds # Lit families of judgment for them” — this is the Lord’s declaration — “the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, # Jr 22:19; 49:20–50:45 and the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the land # Is 18:6; Jr 7:33; 19:7 to devour and destroy. 4I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of Manasseh # 2Kg 21:1-18; 2Ch 33:1-20 son of Hezekiah, the king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem.